• @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    We’re in 1914, being dragged in to WW1 against our will!

    Honestly, a bit of a canard given how much of a Dixiecrat eugenics loving imperialist shit Woodrow Wilson was.

    Neo-Confederates bit hard on the Zimmerman Telegram and were some of the most enthusiastic WW1 hawks.

    • @DogWater@lemmy.world
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      427 days ago

      The Zimmerman telegram was the story that Germany was trying to convince Mexico to attack the US right? I’m deep in my memory for this one lol

      • @UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        327 days ago

        That’s the story, yes. There are a number of still-classified documents surrounding the Zimmerman Telegram that raise a number of questions about how it was obtained and how well it was received.